GB trained in infectious diseases/internal medicine in Leeds, Sheffield and Dundee, including a two-year research fellowship at the University of Dundee, and was appointed consultant physician at Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals in 2004. GB?s main clinical interests are orthopaedic and complex bacterial infections, outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy and antibiotic stewardship. Research interests predominantly focus on the epidemiology and clinical care of community-acquired infections. GB is affiliated to the Centre for Immunology & Infection, University of York, Honorary Senior Lecturer at Hull York Medical School, FRCP (London), Associate Editor BMC Infectious Diseases, a BSAC ordinary council member, and contributed to the recently published UK implantable cardiac electronic device infection guidelines.